gleiche

/[ˈɡlaɪ̯çə]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,059

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

gleiche is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gleichen Pronounced [ˈɡlaɪ̯çə]. It ranks #1,059 in German word frequency. Often confused with glich and Gleise.

Key facts for gleiche
PropertyValue
Headwordgleiche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈɡlaɪ̯çə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,059
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gleiche in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gleiche is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡlaɪ̯çə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,059 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gleiche, with forms such as "geliche", "ggleiche", and "glecihe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "glich", "Gleise", "gleicht", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is gleiche, spelled G-L-E-I-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gleichen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gleichen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gleichen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gleichen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: geliche,ggleiche,glecihe,gleicche,gleiceh,gleichhe,gleihce,glieche,glleiche,lgeiche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gleiche

Misspelling Variants of "gleiche"

geliche7ggleiche8glecihe7gleicche8gleiceh7gleichhe8gleihce7glieche7
Misspelling Variants of "gleiche"

Frequency rank: #1,059 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gleiche"?
"gleiche" is spelled G-L-E-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡlaɪ̯çə].
What does "gleiche" mean?
As a verb, "gleiche" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gleichen
What words are commonly confused with "gleiche"?
"gleiche" is commonly confused with "glich", "Gleise", "gleicht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gleiche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gleiche" is [ˈɡlaɪ̯çə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gleiche" come from?
"gleiche" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.